As artist and writer Sandy Gingras so aptly points out in the introduction to her book Thank You, a life lived well is perhaps the highest form of thanks a person can give to teachers as a way of repaying them for their attention and...
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Author:Gingras, SandySummary: -
Author:Smiley, JaneSummary:On the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards, Max--an Oscar-winning writer/director whose fame has waned--and his lover, Elena, are in bed, still groggy from last night's red-carpet festivities. They are talking about movies, talking...
- Author:Bilal, AaliyahSummary:
Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America. In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate...
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Author:Rosemond, JohnSummary:John Rosemond is a renowned child psychologist who has helped millions of parents learn to raise their children and remain sane. In Teen-Proofing, now available in paperback, he tackles the challenges of raising a teenager with his...
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Author:Gladwell, MalcolmSummary:Malcolm Gladwell argues that something is very wrong with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding...
- Author:Boyle, T. CoraghessanSummary:
When animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught a young chimpanzee to speak in sign language, Aimee Villard, a student at Schermerhorn's university, is so taken with the performance that she...
- Author:Kawaguchi, ToshikazuSummary:
From the author of international bestseller Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this book follows four new customers who hope to travel back in time in a little Japanese café. In a back alley in Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving...
- Author:HILL, DavidSummary:
Rob is an experienced tramper. Usually he'd look forward to a week in the bush but three terrible months have left him feeling confused and alone. When things go wrong he can't stop his party of six teenagers from plunging...
- Author:Towles, AmorSummary:
New York Times Bestseller "A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner." - The New York Times. From the bestselling author of The Lincoln...
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Author:Brousseau, SimonSummary:Synapses depicts a vast society of differing psyches, all unique, idiosyncratic, and interconnected. Simon Brousseau's beautifully crafted literary snapshots, each written in a single, stylistically accomplished sentence and featuring a...
- Author:Meyer, MarissaSummary:
All's fair in love and anarchy ... The epic conclusion to Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian struggling to keep their secret identities concealed while the battle rages on between their alter...
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Author:Cade, ScottySummary:Thompson and Caroline Gray were living their dream until Caroline's untimely death just two years after they’d bought the Thundercloud Marina. When Caroline died, she left Thompson alone and emotionally disconnected—until Thompson’s...
- Author:Simon, ScottSummary:
Wonder meets Three Times Lucky in a story of empowerment as a young woman decides to help solve the mystery of multiple suspicious deaths in her group home. Sally Miyake can't read, but she learns lots of things, like bricks are...
- Author:Reid, KileySummary:
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Author:Dayan, StevenSummary:Subliminally Exposed gives you the keys to unlocking your subconscious brain, allowing you to better understand the motivations and reasons behind your thinking, prejudices, and actions. Learn to translate others’ communication and...
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Author:Nesbitt, KarenSummary:In this novel for teens, fifteen-year-old Declan struggles to make sense of his older brother's delinquency, his father's sexuality and his feelings for a girl who is way out of his league.
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Author:Gray, NowickSummary:Love stories from the twilight zone, these contemporary fairy tales of magic realism expose the dark and tender hearts of quirky characters seeking connection and redemption. Serving offbeat narratives, edgy realties, shifting...
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Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:In a series of humorous diary entries, British teenager Georgia Nicolson tries to decide between two potential boyfriends--Masimo from Pizzagogoland (Italy) or local boy Dave the Laugh.
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Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood turns to short fiction for the first time since her...
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Author:Christopher, LucySummary:Sixteen-year-old Gemma, a British city-dweller, is abducted while on vacation with her parents and taken to the Australian outback, where she soon realizes that escape attempts are futile, and in time she learns that her captor is not...
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